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Joanna Costa commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 6 years, 7 months ago
To me, the most interesting innovation is automated systems and transferring data from hard copies to digital copies. This is not the most recent development but it is interesting to me because I have seen its impact at my internship. A lot of data feel through the cracks when they switched systems that they are only discovering now. In…[Read more]
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Joanna Costa commented on the post, Weekly Post #3, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
Outside of information systems, I believe that decision trees can still be extremely useful. One example is if someone struggles to control themselves in a certain area (such as what they eat, how often they eat out, how much they spend on shopping, etc.), they can use a decision tree to help them make wise decisions. If they logically map out…[Read more]
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Joanna Costa commented on the post, Weekly Post #2, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
I am currently working on the fundraising team at my internship, and I actually think that both could be helpful in different ways. ERDs would be a great way to organize major donors with their donor ID, contact information, and some statistics about their giving history. Then we could connect them to their solicitor and present the solicitor’s…[Read more]
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Joanna Costa commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 6 years, 8 months ago
I am a traditional college student coming straight out of high school and am currently an intern at a small non profit women’s health center in West Philadelphia. I work on the fundraising team and have been teaching myself how to glean information from our database that will help us to focus our fundraising efforts better. I believe that…[Read more]